New Delhi: Seeking action from the Election Commission (EC), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday accused security forces deployed to ensure free and fair elections of working at BJP’s behest and creating a “reign of terror” among voters. A TMC delegation met the Election Commission (EC) and sought action against security forces personnel who allegedly fired at voters after clashes broke out between some villagers and security forces in a polling booth in West Bengal’s Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency amid the fourth phase elections in the state. Officials, however, said the security personnel fired in the air to bring the situation under control.
In a written complaint, the party alleged that the Central forces worked in a “motivated and pre-conceived manner” and resorted to firing within the polling booth “thereby creating a fear in the mind of the voters so that they are restrained from casting their votes”. In a separate complaint, it accused the security forces of entering inside the polling booths where voting was taking place and obstructing voters from casting their vote.
It further alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party and its agents were resorting to “large-scale intimidation, violence, chaos and unrest” among the electors across several parliamentary constituencies today. “We urge the Commission to take necessary steps immediately to fully ensure peace and free and fair polling in the constituencies and necessary action to book the offenders as per law and direct the Central Force not to interfere with the election process,” the party said in its complaint. (IANS)
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